Patrick Dempsey Net Worth

Patrick Dempsey net worth is$40 Million

Patrick Dempsey Wiki Biography

Patrick Galen Dempsey was born on 13 January 1966, in Lewiston, Maine USA. Patrick is an actor, known for appearing in such movies and television shows as “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Enchanted”, “Made of Honor”, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” among others. During his career Patrick has been nominated for and has won such awards as Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award, National Movie Award, MTV Movie Award and others. Dempsey is now considered to be one of the most successful contemporary actors. Of course, he had to work really hard in order to achieve this kind of acclaim. What is more, Patrick is known as a race car driver and has participated in the “Rolex Sports Car Series”, “American Le Mans Series”, “Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge” and other competitions.

If you consider how rich Patrick Dempsey is, it can be said that Patrick’s estimated net worth is now over $40 million. The main source of this sum of money is Patrick acting in one of the most famous television shows now, “Grey’s Anatomy”. Of course, his appearances in other movies and television shows have also added a lot to Patrick’s net worth.

Patrick Dempsey Net Worth $40 Million

Patrick’s career as an actor began with stage plays. Some of them include “Torch Song Trilogy”, “On Golden Pond”, “Brighton Beach Memoirs” and others. In 1987 he received his first film role in the movie called “In the Mood”. Two years later he became one of the leads in the movie entitled “Loverboy”. During the making of this movie Patrick met such actors as Kate Jackson, Carrie Fisher, Robert Ginty, Kirstie Alley, Barbara Carrera and others. This movie had a huge impact on the growth of Patrick Dempsey’s net worth. Another successful movie that Patrick appeared in, in 2002 was “Sweet Home Alabama”, directed by Andy Tennant. Soon Patrick started receiving more and more invitations to portray roles in various movies.

Some of his most recent movies include “Wonderful Tonight”, “Valentine’s Day” and “The Art of Racing in the Rain”. Despite all successful movies that Patrick acted in, his most famous role is of Dr. Derek Shepherd in the television show called “Grey’s Anatomy”. This show started airing in 2005 and it soon became one of the main sources of Patrick’s net worth. While filming this show he had an opportunity to work with such actors as Ellen Pompeo, Kate Walsh, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, Kim Raver, Chyler Leigh and others.

As mentioned, Patrick is also famous for being a race car driver. At first it began as a hobby but step by step it grew into something more, and soon it became a very big part of his life. He has participated in various competitions and achieved really great results. Patrick still continues racing and his current goal is to participate in the “FIA World Endurance Championship”. It is clear that Patrick has a lot of activities to take care of, and that he is a very talented personality.

If to talk about Patrick’s personal life, it can be said that in 1987 he married Rochelle Parker, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1994. In 1999 he married Jillian Fink and together they have three children. Unfortunately, Patrick and Jillian have also decided to end their marriage. All in all, Patrick Dempsey is a very successful and talented actor, who worked hard from the very young age and only in this way was able to achieve what he has now.

People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously. And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy. And you're seeing that at the box office. People aren't buying it any more. There's a time and a place, and what we need right now is a little more positivity.

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"I'd come in with this bitter attitude. It's not an escape, because I feel this disappointment, this jealousy." - on why he couldn't stand to go to the movies during his decade-long career-drought.

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One day my 3-year-old daughter said, 'You're very handsome, Poppy.' That was the best compliment ever.

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His team, Dempsey Racing, finished second in the 2015 hours of Le Mans.

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As of January 23, 2015, Patrick Dempsey is going through his second divorce. According to Michael Miller of "People" Magazine, "[Patrick Dempsey], 49, was in Daytona Beach, Florida, for a 24-hour racing event when his wife filed for divorce." Whether Dempsey, then, expected the divorce request to be filed by Jillian Dempsey is unknown. However, both he and Jillian released the following joint statement statement to Michael Miller:"'It is with careful consideration and mutual respect that we have decided to end our marriage. Our primary concern remains the wellbeing of our children, and we ask with profound gratitude that you respect our family's privacy at this very sensitive time.'".

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Patrick Dempsey trained in the Meisner technique with Joanne Baron.

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Driving a Panoz GTS race car in the Panoz GT Pro Racing Series. He was seen participating in race #2 of the 2004 racing season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on June 27, 2004. [June 2004]

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On his father's side, Patrick has German, English, Scottish, and distant Swedish, ancestry. Patrick's father was born with the surname "Schlossnagle", and later took his own stepfather's surname, "Dempsey".

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In 2006, Dempsey admitted that he was diagnosed with dyslexia when he was 12 years old.

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Visited Sao Paulo, Brazil for the launch of his second fragrance Patrick Dempsey 2, exclusive for Avon. [May 2010]

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As a teenager growing up in Maine, he was a state champion downhill skier who trained for a place on the Olympic team.

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(May 20, 2008) Visited Amsterdam during the European promotion tour for Made of Honor (2008).